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Archive for June, 2009
Autumn Basketweave Project Fabric
The fabric is done. This was a test piece for the upcoming Weaver’s Swap so I could see what I was doing. it doesn’t meet the requirement of being 12" wide or 2 yards long. It was just a fun little piece to make up and play with.
One of the things I was trying [...]
Brownstone Handspun Yarn
Living in Boston leads me to using a lot of the local color in my artistic palette. I’ve lived here pretty much my whole life, but I always feel like a visitor when I’m out walking around. My favorite places are the same as any visiting tourist would want to see. And I especially enjoy [...]
Goose Crossing
The other morning, while out for a walk, I spotted this large group of geese crossing the street, right in the middle of traffic. They were heading from the little waterway to the grassy area to rest for a spell. It was so cute to see the personalities of each of the birds. (As much [...]
Basketweave Fabric
I don’t what what this is going to be. It is some 10/2 cotton, 120 ends warped at 12epi, weaving at 9 inches wide, and will see if I have enough cotton to be around 4 yards long.
I just wanted to weave and didn’t want to cut into any of the new handspun yet. [...]
The Honeysuckle Handspun Yarn Collection
While taking a stroll early one Sunday morning after the rains had cleared, I spotted this beautiful little flower twined around an old rusty chain link fence. I loved the colors of the flowers, how they go from pink to orange, and have the yellow stamens dangling in the sunlight.
Of course, I HAD to [...]
Out of My Hair
Shhhh, the babies are doing what they do best: Keeping out of my hair. Resting. They are such innocent little angels when they are like this. When they are napping is when I get the most work done in my studio. I’ve been working on some more handspun yarn and a few other things, taking [...]
How to gain 20 pounds without really trying?
How to gain 20 pounds without really trying? Try a high fiber diet. One rich in friendship with addictions of their own. My stash gained 20 pounds in the last week!
This came in last week from Heide of Serendipitous Opportuknitty, FIVE POUNDS of wool! She got back quite a haul from the processing mill. One [...]
Happy Birthday, Miss Lulu!
My little peanut turns six today! I got her from Angell MSPCA FIVE years ago, when she was barely a year old. (And they always have an abundance of animals available, even now.) She’s been a non-stop source of love and attention, and love her dearly.
To view any of these thumbnails, just click the large [...]
Yucatan Tide HandSpun Yarn
Some time late last fall I was working on some handspun yarn in vibrant green and another one in deep purples. At that time, I had considered combining the two colors together; but, I ended up keeping them as individual colors and using them to weave my first checkered scarf. There was a lot of [...]
Handweaver’s Swap
Yes, you read that right: Weaver’s Swap. It’s true.
As if there weren’t enough going on already with the Summer of Spinning, why not start up something about weaving?
In an email exchange with Benita (Of Basically Benita fame), we got to thinking that it would be fun to have a little something creative and inspiring [...]
Miss Trouble
My little Miss Glamourpuss, she’s always so prim and pretty. She’s always posed for a photograph when the sees the camera come near. When there’s no camera, that’s a whole different story. As mild mannered as she appears, she’s also the guilty one to instigate trouble! She’s always game for demurely walking up to Dusty, [...]
The Sissy Satchel
This project started out on a lark. My desire was to make a plaid using some of the vibrant cottons on the shelf. In the back of my mind, I was thinking "gay parochial school drag queen cheerleaders". Hey, I was bored, and D.E.B.S. was on cable.
Hang on, I have to go find something from [...]
Fawn Handspun Yarn
People have commented over time about my constant use of merino wool, and inquire if I’ve ever used anything else. In all honesty, I have, and I keep coming back to merino. I know how it works, and it’s a familiar fiber. I’ve also worked with BFL, my other favorite fiber. A couple of months [...]
This Thing Called Relaxation…
Earlier this week found us taking a break from city living and heading down to Provincetown on Cape Cod for a few days. There are times when you just have to take a break and escape to relax and regroup. And knit on the balcony at sunset overlooking Cape Cod Bay…
Leaving all modern technology behind, [...]
Pheasant HandSpun Yarn
When I first started dyeing this merino wool, I was going for mottled oak leaves. Now that it’s done, it looks more like pheasant feathers to me.
It spun up very consistently and fine. I liked the contrast in the colors and they were still harmonious.
But, once it was done, it had a totally [...]
Mango HandSpun Yarn
As the old fiber stash is dwindling, it was time to break out some fiber I was gifted last fall. This first one is some Copworth dyed in cochineal and madder root. The wool is on the coarse side, and the color is somewhat intense. It was originally a compact little ball; but, once unwound [...]
Summer Plaid
A week or so ago, I was in the process of cleaning and oiling the loom, and I had started getting the next weaving project started. Remember this?
It’s finally made it to the loom…
…and it’s weaving up beautifully. I’m liking plaids, especially in cotton. I can already tell that there will be more plaid experiments [...]
Not-So-Pastel HandSpun Yarn
During the last dye-a-thon, this was one of the dyed tops.
The colors are a bit of a departure for me, and I was excited to get it to the wheel.
It spun up SO smoothly and Blueface Leicester is a real joy to work with.
The colors in this moved and shifted and recombined [...]
Summer Daisies
Daisies at sunrise.
They sort of remind me of fried eggs. Yeah, they look like fried eggs on a stick. Must be time for breakfast…
Loom Maintenance
After finally freeing myself from the-warp-that-wasn’t-meant-to-be-woven, I realized that the Wolf Pup Loom needed some maintenance. I’ve had it for around eight months, and never given it a cleaning or maintenance. In an effort to reacquaint myself with the loom, I decided to give it a cleaning and an oiling.
The first thing I did [...]
Peacock Handspun Yarn
In my stash was a solid mallard green merino wool, and another of the rugby combo in merino wool. The mallard solid was spun up and has been sitting on the lazy kate waiting to be plied to something interesting. As I was going the rugby, I decided to pair the two together.
And, to my [...]
Cutting Free
Cutting free. De-warping? What to call this?
There’s been a project on the loom for a few weeks now, and it’s time to move it along. I’m kind of tired of the kaleidoscope colors of this project. So much so that I haven’t even sat at the loom because of it. I’ve been avoiding even going [...]
What are they up to now…?
These two have been living together for a whole year now. There’s no real love of affection between them still. The usual antics of attack and howl are part of their daily routine. Dusty will jump or pounce on her when she least suspects it, and she hisses and howls in her retreat.
Only recently have [...]
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